Modesto, IL Tornado, May 1917

One Killed; Score Hurt at Modesto

Modesto, Ill., May 27.--One person was killed and twenty injured, two perhaps fatally, when a tornado from the south struck Modesto late Saturday afternoon, laying waste to about half the town. The body of Mrs. Sarah Poe was found fifty yard from her home. Mrs Bertha Poe, her daughter, and Martin L. McGinnis received injuries which may prove fatal. The property loss is estimated at $150,000.

Others injured were Mrs. Martin L. McGinnis, Albert Meiher, Clyde Meiher, Mrs.
Edward Allen, Mrs. Orin Martin, Frank Dalton, Benjamin Padgett, Mrs Benjamin Padgett, Jesse Padget and five children of Frank Dalton.

With the storm came large quantities of mud which had been picked up in the fields
to the south of the town, which, when the storm had passed, was plastered over the
building of Modesto.

The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 27 May 1917
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Transcribed by Connie Anderson. Thank you, Connie!